Wandering Sagebrush
Free Range Human
I am talking about when I make a damned mistake, then having to fix it it :amgry 
When we came back from Lake Powell, I disconnected the trailer from the truck, and didn't notice that the breakaway cable that I had woven through the safety chain had looped over the ball on the hitch. So, when I pulled away, I broke the damned cable.
Today, Diana was babysitting grandkids, and it wasn't raining, so I decided to install the new cable that EZloader sent. What a pain the the okole, which is Hawaiian for okole (Local Boy can translate if needed). There are basically three parts. The hitch, the actuator, and a big steel housing. In order to get to the actuator and replace the cable, you have to take it all apart. UFP, the folks that make the hitch/actuator, had their website down, so no luck in finding any instructions or exploded views. I took the heuristic approach and just ripped into it. Getting it apart was relatively simple, as was the routing, then came the fun of trying to get it back together. Think of a turducken (chicken in duck in a turkey). The actuator goes in the hitch, which goes in the housing, with drift pins holding it together. Awkward, slightly heavy, and hidden connections for the actuator plunger to mate up with the hitch. It took me a couple of hours, and it did go back together, and I even think it's assembled properly :roll: . Since I had to disconnect the hydraulic line, I will have to bleed the brakes, but I am going to take that in to the local tire shop or Sportcraft.
I should have taken photos as I went through the repair, but with brake fluid all over my hands, my cameras say thanks for not grabbing them. If anyone needs advice on how to fix it, I would be glad to share, but my first instinct is to tell you to take it in to a pro.
Ok, whine over...
When we came back from Lake Powell, I disconnected the trailer from the truck, and didn't notice that the breakaway cable that I had woven through the safety chain had looped over the ball on the hitch. So, when I pulled away, I broke the damned cable.
Today, Diana was babysitting grandkids, and it wasn't raining, so I decided to install the new cable that EZloader sent. What a pain the the okole, which is Hawaiian for okole (Local Boy can translate if needed). There are basically three parts. The hitch, the actuator, and a big steel housing. In order to get to the actuator and replace the cable, you have to take it all apart. UFP, the folks that make the hitch/actuator, had their website down, so no luck in finding any instructions or exploded views. I took the heuristic approach and just ripped into it. Getting it apart was relatively simple, as was the routing, then came the fun of trying to get it back together. Think of a turducken (chicken in duck in a turkey). The actuator goes in the hitch, which goes in the housing, with drift pins holding it together. Awkward, slightly heavy, and hidden connections for the actuator plunger to mate up with the hitch. It took me a couple of hours, and it did go back together, and I even think it's assembled properly :roll: . Since I had to disconnect the hydraulic line, I will have to bleed the brakes, but I am going to take that in to the local tire shop or Sportcraft.
I should have taken photos as I went through the repair, but with brake fluid all over my hands, my cameras say thanks for not grabbing them. If anyone needs advice on how to fix it, I would be glad to share, but my first instinct is to tell you to take it in to a pro.
Ok, whine over...